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TYPE TIE.

(Application filed Mar. 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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NTTED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. .REEVES OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

TYPE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 624,977, dated May 16,1899. Application filed March 28, 1898. Serial No. 675,462. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern: l

Be it known that I, HARRY E. REEVES, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Type-Ties, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for holding movabletype together during its removal from the galley to thel chase. This hasbeen done heretofore by wrapping a small cord around the type and tyingthe ends of the cord together; but the time consumed in wrapping andtying up the type has made a quicker means desirable; and it is thespecial object of this invention to provide a tie which can be quicklyapplied and which will be conl venient to handle.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accorn-` Similar letters of reference indicate like,

parts throughout th e several views of the drawings.

A represents the types, which are of the usual form.

B is the tape of any suitable woven fabric,

like cotton or linen, or any iiexible material might be used which wouldserve as a tie to 'hold the type together.

C is t-he reel, which consists of the frame or case D, preferably openon its outer sides. The spindle E is mounted in this frame. It has thelongitudinal slot e, through which the tape Bis threaded. The ends ofthe tape are sewed together to form an endless band, and when thespindle E is rotated the tape on both sides of the spindle will be woundsimultaneously thereon, thereby making the speed double what it would bewere only one end of the tape secured to the spindle. Above the frame Dthe spindle is squared to receive the ratchet wheel F, and secured'tothe top of the case is the pawl G, the end of which can be turned intoengagement with the ratchet-teeth on the wheel F,whereby the rotation ofthe spine dle carrying the ratchet-wheel in the direction to unwind thetape will be prevented. A part g of the metal from which the pawl ismade will be turned up to`form anger-hold,

which will be principally "useful in pressingv the pawl into engagementwith the wheel, and

Aa lateral arm o r extension g will also be provided, the outer end ofwhich will be turned down to engage the edge of the top Vplate of theframe and act as a stop to keep the pawl from swinging back4 too faraway from the ratchet-wheel. This turned-down end g is convenientlyplaced for pressure by the operator in holding the .pawl back out ofengagement with the ratchet-wheel. The upper end of the spindle will beprovided with the wings E', whereby the rotation4 of the spindle inwinding up the tape will beaccomplished; but an additional and moreconvenient and rapid means for rotating the spindle will be provided bymounting at least one and preferably two disks H on the spindle betweenthe tape and the horizontal plates of the frame, which disk or disksextend outside .ofthe margin of the frame, where they will be -rotatedby drawing the palm of the hand in a horizontal direction lacross them.To increase the frictional contact between the disks and the hand, theedges of the former will be scalloped or otherwise indented, as shown inthe drawings.

In practicethe tape will be unwound to an extent sufficient to reacharound the desired body of type and is placed around the latter whilethe type is in the galley and istightened up before removal. In provingbefore the re moval of the tie the reel will be easily pushed down theside of the type below the horizontal surface of the latter, andtherefore out of the way. I

In assembling the parts of the device the disks II will be placed in theframe between the horizontal plates of the latter, and the ratchet-wheelwill be held in place above the upper plate. Thenthe spindle will beinserted through all of the parts and secured by battering its lower endor by any welle known means to prevent its Withdrawal and retain theparts in position. The disks I-I will have central openingscorresponding in size and shape With the spindle in cross-section,including a transverse bridge to enter the slot in the spindle and keepthe disk from rotating thereon; butin practice the bridge will be cutout centrally to make two spurs h, as shown in Fig. 4.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, I is a' cogged Wheel Which is looseon the tape-spindle. It has a hub t', to which one end of a coiledspring J is fastened, the other end of the spring being secured to thehousing L. A second spindle M has a pinion m, which meshes With the cogsof the Wheel I, and the spindle also has the cogged Wheel N, whichmeshes with a smaller cogged Wheel O, mounted on the tape-shaft P androtates With said shaft. By this mechanism the tape for tying the typeis reeled in by the action of the spring. In some respects thisconstruction is preferable to the device in Which the tape is reeled upby hand; but it is open to tWo serious objections, the irst of which isthe greater additional expense to manufacture, and the second is theliability of the spring to draw the tape prematurely and by catching thetype pi it. This construction, however, is better than the ordinaryelastic band for several reasons. The tape can be reeled outand held bya side pressure against one of the cogged wheels While the band is beingslipped around the form of type, and both of the operators hands arepractically free to make this adjustment of the band; but with therubber the hands or fingers of the operator are employed to stretch theband large enough to go over the type and much more care is required toprevent disturbing the type. size of the body of type varies from largeto small and would require a large assortment of bands to meet therequirements of size, and where the page of type is large the band mustbe stiff and hard to stretch in order to give the required service, andthis stiffness makes diicult the operation of application to the type-Having thus fully described my invention, what Iclaim as neWand Wish tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a type-tie, a frame or case a spindle mounted in the case, Windingdisk or disks mounted on the spindle and projecting beyond the limits ofthe frame, a lock to prevent the unvvinding of the spindle and alieXible band secured to and adapted to be placed around the type and tobe Wound upon the spindle, all substantially as described andspeciiied'.

2. In a type-tie, a reel-case a spindle mounted in the case, a band toencircle the types, secured to and adapted to be Wound upon the spindle,aratchet-Wheel mounted on the spindle and rotating with it and a pawlpivotally secured to the top of the case and adapted to be brought intoengagement with the ratchetwheel, said pawl having a lateral extensionwith a turned-down end to engage the edge of the case, substantially asdescribed and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 7th day of March, A. D. 1898.

HARRY E. REEVES. [L s] Witnesses:

ALFRED B. REEVES, l JOSEPH A. MINTURN.

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